Newbie, controllers, monitors

I am a complete newbie to microcontrollers. I happened to see them early Dec, 2007 and got hooked. I am currently using another MC that this site doesn’t seem to sponsor but I am having some problems with their forum.(Same rude person always hijacks threads).

While looking there I found sparkfun. I thought I would post here in hopes of getting some answers.

  1. Is there a more powerful microcontroller than the prop chip at pallalax? 32bit, 8 controllers on one chip, $13. Must be massive tutorials and hopefully supported here.

  2. I am looking for a simple to use vga monitor in the 5 to 7 inch diag. Any suggestions? I tried to order from here but it’s out of stock. Uses simple codes to program.

  3. Where can I find info on how t.v. and monitors work? Frontdoor , backdoor has got me lost.

Any help would be appreciated

Have a look at the various ARM chips, the NXP LPC2000 family is very well-supported.

Leon